keviiin86 Posted September 26, 2024 Author Posted September 26, 2024 Started fitting the rear end to get the desired tire "poke out". Decided to narrow the rear end a little to bring the wheels/tires in. Should sit almost flush, with just a little bit of tire past the fender. 2
keviiin86 Posted September 29, 2024 Author Posted September 29, 2024 Gotta play with the front spindles and move them in some and rearward to give more clearance to the front fenders. 1
keviiin86 Posted October 1, 2024 Author Posted October 1, 2024 6 hours ago, Kenmojr said: Exceptional workmanship... Thank you!
keviiin86 Posted October 1, 2024 Author Posted October 1, 2024 Today I tried my hand at BMF for the first time..practiced one piece of chrome on the spare body first and dove right in..had to re-do one piece of trim but turned out pretty good i think. Normally I would just use a molotow chrome pen but since this model is sort of challenging to pick up and handle I didn't want to be touching all the chrome and putting finger prints in it so I went with the BMF instead. 1
Straightliner59 Posted October 1, 2024 Posted October 1, 2024 BMF is a pain, but, it can't be beaten, appearance-wise. Nice work, Kevin. Looks great! Especially for your first effort! 1
keviiin86 Posted October 1, 2024 Author Posted October 1, 2024 9 hours ago, Straightliner59 said: BMF is a pain, but, it can't be beaten, appearance-wise. Nice work, Kevin. Looks great! Especially for your first effort! A pain is an understatement lol..i had to polish everything the excess BMF touched because the adhesive left behind a glue residue. 1
keviiin86 Posted October 1, 2024 Author Posted October 1, 2024 Got the rear suspension put together. I'm no suspension guru but the kit setup didn't make much sense..only has lower control arms with what looks like coil overs..if this were a real car there's nothing keeping the rear end centered..so I added another cross member and some upper control arms to make it into a 4 link. Then set it on all fours, starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. 3
keviiin86 Posted October 4, 2024 Author Posted October 4, 2024 The engine and interior is attached to the chassis now, added some brake lines to the master cylinder and braided fuel lines..man I despise making braided lines with AN fittings, really tests my patience lol..but got it done. Have to finish putting the front and rear bumpers on and then the body will go on for good. 3
TransAmMike Posted October 4, 2024 Posted October 4, 2024 It's looking great Kevin; I rerally like that blue. Yep, BMFing can be a challenge. Getting the trim on the cove was tough for me.
keviiin86 Posted October 4, 2024 Author Posted October 4, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, TransAmMike said: It's looking great Kevin; I rerally like that blue. Yep, BMFing can be a challenge. Getting the trim on the cove was tough for me. Thanks! The BMF took me a little bit of time to straighten the trim lines out on the coves picking at the edges little by little. As far as the color it's more of a green in most light. This is the color in the sunlight. Edited October 4, 2024 by keviiin86
TarheelRick Posted October 4, 2024 Posted October 4, 2024 Doing some really nice work on this one, especially like that color. You mentioned in an above post there was nothing to keep the rear-end centered. What you need is to add a Panhard bar, that is a bar attached to one side/end of the axle housing and the other end is attached to the opposing side of the chassis. Of course, each end is attached so it can rotate, but in effect it keeps the axle in place. 1
keviiin86 Posted October 4, 2024 Author Posted October 4, 2024 1 hour ago, TarheelRick said: Doing some really nice work on this one, especially like that color. You mentioned in an above post there was nothing to keep the rear-end centered. What you need is to add a Panhard bar, that is a bar attached to one side/end of the axle housing and the other end is attached to the opposing side of the chassis. Of course, each end is attached so it can rotate, but in effect it keeps the axle in place. Yeah I could have done a panhard bar, I just thought it was easier to add a tubular cross member and two angled upper control arms..like the GM A body/G body cars.
tim boyd Posted October 5, 2024 Posted October 5, 2024 Kevin...great theme and some really, really good work on display here. Thx for sharing and best wishes as you bring this one home! Cheers....TIM 1
keviiin86 Posted October 5, 2024 Author Posted October 5, 2024 1 hour ago, tim boyd said: Kevin...great theme and some really, really good work on display here. Thx for sharing and best wishes as you bring this one home! Cheers....TIM Thank you! Should have it done by this weekend.
keviiin86 Posted October 6, 2024 Author Posted October 6, 2024 Finished! and posted in the under glass drag racing section. 2
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